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Station Name: MOYALE
gid 95
Name MOYALE
station al --
Date of establishment 1915-01-01
date close --
declared r Operational
assessed r Partly operational
station ty Land (fixed)
WIGOS station ID 0-20000-0-63619|primary
wmo region Africa
regional w EAC (Kenya & Tanzania)
country Kenya
latitude 3.525778
longitude 39.04528
elevation 1112.79
geopositio GPS
time zone UTC+3
supervisin Kenyan Meteorological Department
station ur --
other link --
site descr The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: CLIMAT(C);EVAP{023};RBCN;SUNDUR;TOTRA{021} (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations tha
climate zo Equatorial - Savannah - dry summer
predominan Mosaic vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (50-70%) / cropland (20-50%) (Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro --
topography (unknown) at middle relative elevation within valleys of middle altitude
population --
programs/n GBON, GOS General:Operational, RBON
last updat 2024-05-03
last upd_1 Anne Kamau